I struggle with going to sleep and have tried myriad methods of falling asleep. One of the best ways was to plug in my iPhone headphones and listen to a documentary on Iplayer or TED.

However several months later a huge problem occurred. Both my ears were infected, left moreso than the right, that caused me a great deal of irritation and pain. Many months of visiting doctors, hospitals and medicine did this horrible problem get better.

Bear this in mind even though I was using dettol wipes to disinfect my headphones daily!

Have you tried bone conducting headphones?

First time I'm seeing this! You believe this will help?

I just got the Trekz Titanium, put them on my head backwards for the first time last night. Works great. Nothing in the ear – wireless so no cords to get tangled up in. Super flexible so I'm not afraid of breaking them.

No idea, but they don't go in your ear, so much less likely to trigger an infection I would think.